A day among friends in Washington DC

Sunday came as a hot sunny day and for a blink I was transported 17 years back in time, where we played with the water hose in a hot summer day in Boston in 1994. Downstairs, Nico returned from buying croissants and bread and was scanning the newspapers. The children were chitchatting away and wanted to play outside.

We played Daruma outside (123 soleil or its equivalent in English) and even played house and restaurant with all the plastic food and cutlery that L. had while K. was tidying up the house. It was pretty challenging to watch them both, and Max even wanted to go down the stairs by himself onto the garden. We also visited the room next to the garage, where Nico was building a wine cellar to host his collection.

The day went by and we finally got some time to do a video message for our common high school friend who was getting married. It was a time of sharing memories and laughter, while L. probably wondered what the whole ruckus was about. In any case we managed to have screen presence and even somehow follow the script we discussed without looking too unnatural in our interactions. I found out I had some hilarious ad libs which provoked some good transitions.

Just before dinner time, it was also time for me to leave DC, and so K and the children and mysef drove to Reagan airport. I also asked Kate to meet us up there since I haven't seen her since her graduation in 2003 or 2004. 

It was really good to meet so many friends, and I was even more glad that those people from different periods of my life got to meet each other.

With a good catching up done and many good hugs, I flew away to Raleigh RDU to be picked up by my little sister, and spent a quiet night out with her at the salad bar.